A Manhattan mother is charged with stealing her 8-year-old daughter's $186,000 inheritance - and using at least $50,000 of the money on a fancy new black Infiniti for a now-AWOL younger boyfriend.

Zhane Thomas apparently has no idea that her mother, Stavon Simpson, 41, is facing up to 15 years prison on charges she squandered much of the girl's inheritance - but she's still allowed to live with the woman in their Union Square apartment.

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If I had to pick a single issue on which I would hope to see our counter-terrorism policy give more focus to during 2007, it would be to have real progress made in altering the mindsets, dynamics and structures in what are rapidly emerging as a major source of domestic Islamist terrorism: America's prisons and jails.

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Samuel R. Berger's theft of documents from the National Archives compromised national security "much more than originally disclosed" and resulted in "incomplete and misleading" information being given to the September 11 commission, says the former chairman of the House Government Reform Committee.

"It is now also clear that Mr. Berger was willing to go to extraordinary lengths to compromise national security, apparently for his own convenience," Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, Virginia Republican, said yesterday.

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When Patrick Rogalin got his orders to Iraq, the Army Reserve specialist had just enough time to stuff everything he owned into a Public Storage unit near St. Louis before shipping out.

He set up automatic payments with the company, knowing it would be difficult to keep in touch from his outpost in the Iraqi town of Al-Kuk, near the Iranian border.

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Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday it is suing Apple Inc. in federal court over Apple's use of Cisco's registered iPhone trademark for its new handheld device.

Cisco has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.

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How many U.S. troops will be killed in Iraq in the next year?
By John Seery, Huffington Post blogger, proud democrat.

The Bush administration won't dare go public with such hard and somber calculations about expected casualties--which would help weigh the costs of this renewed war effort. So I figure conscientious HuffPo readers will step into that breach. I'll keep track--our memories are long--and we'll notify the "winner" one year from today.

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His right hand raised, Chavez declared: "Fatherland, socialism or death — I swear it," invoking the Cuban leader's famous call to arms.

Chavez also alluded to Jesus, saying: "I swear by Christ — the greatest socialist in history."

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At first, they seem like your average junk email, containing share tips or an advertisement for Viagra, along with a small, slightly garbled picture.

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Members of the Baker's Dozen, the renowned, all-male a cappella singing group from Yale, are pummeled outside a New Year's Eve party after singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

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Villagers in the remote town of Koh Sireh in Thailand believe that a banana tree is capable of predicting the winning numbers in lottery. People from as far as Phattalung, Phang Nga and Krabi, Thailand have been trooping to the village to pay visit and respect to the banana tree.

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Muslim women in New Zealand say they are suffering health problems because they do not have special pools where they can swim without compromising their religious beliefs.

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So here's one I missed over the holidays -- Geraldo Rivera coming totown and threatening to beat up on Keith Olbermann.

Apparently Geraldo was visiting with 104.1 FM's Monsters just before Christmas, when they asked him about the time he made international headline for disclosing too much information about troops in Iraq. Geraldo claimed the incident was blown out of proportion, largely by NBC -- and specifically Olbermann. Geraldo then began mumbling semi-audible names, seemingly meant to describe Olbermann: "midget ... punk ... slimeball."

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"Look everyone... I'm a Jedi"

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to kick off a four-day tour Saturday to Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, whose leaders share his defiance towards the United States, media said.  "Ahmadinejad will start his visit with a trip to Venezuela to hold official talks with his counterpart President Hugo Chavez," the Kayhan newspaper quoted a presidential statement as saying.

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Britain could send its first un-manned mission to the moon by 2010 to study the lunar surface and find the best site for humans to inhabit, the BBC has reported.  A report by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., a top British space company, found the cost of space travel had fallen enough to let the government consider such a probe, it said.

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A man posing as a Catholic priest was arrested for selling phony tickets to get near Pope Benedict on his scheduled trip to Brazil in May, authorities said on Tuesday.

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"Casino Royale" and "The Queen" are more than just two of 2006's most favorably reviewed films - on Wednesday they became winners of the eighth annual Golden Tomato Awards.

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"I was furious. I was at work and I was just mad." Armstrong said. "I felt like we were being discriminated because we speak English. Just because they speak English, they can't ride the school bus. I mean, this is America, right?"

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As the Russian president made clear his determination not to back down in his dispute with Belarus, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, denounced his actions as “not acceptable”, noting that even during the height of the cold war, Russia had been a reliable energy supplier to Europe.

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A first wave of additional U.S. troops will go into Iraq before the end of the month under President Bush's new plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday.

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Suddenly the E Coli doesn't sound so bad...

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As the President contemplates sending more troops to Iraq, our own border continues to be invaded – the most recent incident occurring on the Arizona border with Mexico, where Mexican invaders forced our own, unarmed National Guardsmen to retreat. The “mainstream media” has virtually ignored this astounding event, but fortunately, the blogosphere has been quite active in reporting it.

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